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This law was first created in 2017. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 261<\/a> and 268<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2023, chapters 304<\/a> and 305<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":261689,"object_type":"law","relational_id":53973,"identifier":"59.1-466.5","token":"59.1\/38.2\/59.1-466.5","url":"\/59.1-466.5\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/59.1-466.5\/","token":"59.1\/38.2\/59.1-466.5","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 59.1-466.5","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Event<\/span>” means any professional concert, live entertainment event<\/span>, professional sporting or athletic event<\/span>, or professional theatrical production open to the public for which tickets are ordinarily sold.\n\t\t“Internet ticketing platform<\/span>” means a marketplace or exchange that enables consumers to purchase and sell tickets to events<\/span>.\n\t\t“Operator<\/span>” means a person or subsidiary thereof that owns, operates, or controls a place of entertainment.\n\t\t“Primary ticket provider<\/span>” means a provider of ticketing services, or an agent of such provider, that engages in the original sale of tickets for an event<\/span>.\n\t\t“Purchaser<\/span>” means an individual who purchases a ticket to an event<\/span>.\n\t\t“Resale<\/span>” means the sale of a ticket other than the original sale of a ticket by a primary ticket provider<\/span>.\n\t\t“Reseller<\/span>” means a person that sells or offers to sell tickets for resale<\/span>.\n\t\t“Rights holder<\/span>” means any person or entity that has the initial ownership rights to sell a ticket to an event<\/span> for which tickets for entry by the public are required and does not include a primary ticket provider<\/span> unless the primary ticket provider<\/span> is also the rights holder<\/span>.\n\t\t“URL<\/span>” means the Uniform Resource Locator associated with an online website.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 59.1-466.5)\n\nAs used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Event” means any professional concert, live entertainment event,\nprofessional sporting or athletic event, or professional theatrical production\nopen to the public for which tickets are ordinarily sold.\n\t\t“Internet ticketing platform” means a marketplace or exchange that\nenables consumers to purchase and sell tickets to events.\n\t\t“Operator” means a person or subsidiary thereof that owns,\noperates, or controls a place of entertainment.\n\t\t“Primary ticket provider” means a provider of ticketing services,\nor an agent of such provider, that engages in the original sale of tickets for\nan event.\n\t\t“Purchaser” means an individual who purchases a ticket to an\nevent.\n\t\t“Resale” means the sale of a ticket other than the original sale\nof a ticket by a primary ticket provider.\n\t\t“Reseller” means a person that sells or offers to sell tickets for\nresale.\n\t\t“Rights holder” means any person or entity that has the initial\nownership rights to sell a ticket to an event for which tickets for entry by the\npublic are required and does not include a primary ticket provider unless the\nprimary ticket provider is also the rights holder.\n\t\t“URL” means the Uniform Resource Locator associated with an online\nwebsite.\n\nHISTORY: 2017, cc. 261, 268; 2023, cc. 304, 305.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}